Cinesthesia Factory provides filmmakers with production solutions from servicing short and feature films, to workshopping, developing and financing feature films, to exhibiting cinematic content live & on-line.
Our production team, spearheaded by producers, Eric Michael Kochmer and Nathaniel Lipp, have experience on over 25 feature films from ultra low budget to $3 million dollar projects and have produced more than 70 short films and music videos.
Additionally, they develop and find financing for high quality projects with up- and-coming filmmakers, talent, and cutting edge material.
Beyond making films, Cinesthesia Factory strives to exhibit and market unique content by featuring highlighted projects online and in person (through a quarterly film festival and a curated YouTube channel and CF platform).
The Cinesthesia Factory Team
Eric Michael Kochmer
CEO
A protégée of composer and theater director Elizabeth Swados and experimental filmmaker Owen Land, Kochmer has worked as an actor, director, video artist, producer, and editor. Most recently Eric has been working consistently as a combination of a creative producer and a line producer. He has consulted on over 500 films through his work with the filmmaking collective and production company We Make Movies, and regularly collaborates independently for companies such as Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and R&R Media. Kochmer is also the Executive Director of the We Make Movies International Film Festival. The impetus to launch Cinesthesia Factory came from reconnecting with fellow producer Nathaniel Lipp two years ago, when they realized their shared passion and vision for physical film production as well as arthouse and risk-taking genre film.
Nathaniel Lipp
President
Nate Lipp is a twice Emmy Nominated Producer and a member of the PGA West. He has produced multiple award winning features including YouTopia an Honorable Mention for Best North American Feature at Outfest. Lipp has produced web content, commercials and television promos for many established filmmakers like Kurt Sutter, Clint Eastwood and Ron Howard earning an Emmy nomination and winning a Webby. Lipp has made shows for Discovery, National Geographic, A&E, The Travel Channel and Fox. He is married, has one dogter and is very excellent at making hummus. He is excited for this launch of Cinesthesia Factory alongside Eric Michael Kochmer.
Whit Spurgeon
CFO
Whit Spurgeon is an actor, director and producer. Prior to moving to LA in 2009, he spent 20 years in Chicago acting in award-winning plays such as the long-running "Hizzoner" at Prop Theatre, the world premieres of Rebecca Gilman's "The Glory of Living" and "The Crime of the Century" at Circle Theatre, and "Awake and Sing!" and “Paradise Lost” at Timeline Theatre. He has appeared in over two dozen TV commercials for clients like Verizon, Citgo, and Pick 'n Save Supermarkets. His TV appearances include Fresh Off the Boat, Liza On Demand, Cougar Town, To Tell The Truth and, most recently, It's Florida, Man. He has featured roles in numerous films, among them the cult horror favorites VICTOR CROWLEY and CHASTITY BITES. He also directs a short film now and then – most notably festival favorites PRESENT TENSE, THE INTERVIEW, and the award-winning THUMP.
